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Notice.

The finance committee Of the Ex-
Confederate Reunion are earnestly re-
quecied to meet at The Merchants Elk
change building this "Wednesday
evening, June %, 1887, at s p. m.
BY order ofthe executive committee.
III. +. EWING, Chairman.
j. Il. Downs, Secretary.
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For Theft.

VIM. Adams was sent to Jail to-day
in default of bail, charged with theft.
lie Is a lad who has been working in
a job printing Office on Elm street.
The amount of the theft is small.
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Il. &T.C. R'y.
ne Only All Steel Rail Line in the State

Double daily trains each way. Through
p1net Sleepers between New Orleans ana
h. Louis on trains and 4, and between
galveston and ST. Louis OH trains . and =.
~ Dallas, Denison and Sedalia. Slccpers
between Houston and Austin. Through
tickets to all points Quickest route to New
Orleans and point In the Southwest. Choice
Il routes via Denison and st. Louis OF
H0uston and New Orleans. Steamship
6lkets to or from any point in Europe,
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The Recorder on Deck.

Recorder Brown was in his seat
this morning fresh as a new blown
rose, and dispensed justice to Judge,
a lawyer and the rag-tag and bob tail
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During the absence of DR.. G. Beau
mont in California DIR. McCarty will
attend to his practice. Residence, Cos
North HARDWOOD; Office, 513 Main.
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Notice to Erie Telephone Subscribers

Any subscriber failing to have re-
ceived one OF our new directories,
will please notify the undersigned
who will see that they are supplied.
G. A. READ, Manager.
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Ponds Extsact, A medicine confined
to a certain number of diseases. 1t will
cure Pain, Inflammation or Hemorrhage,
external or informal
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Prohibition Speaking.

Hon. s. w. Il. Lanham will address
the people of Dallas on the subject of
prohibition on tho night of the 2Sth
lust.
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For information about rates, tickets,
routes, etc. apply 10 any agent of Houston
q Texas Central railway, or TO
@. e. ODEN,
Union Depot Ticket Agent, Dallas.
H. A. JONES,
City Ticket Agent, Dallas.
A. FAULKNER,
General Passenger Agent, Houston.
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j. l.. Williams a. Co.. Manufacture
re- OF Texas Tolu and White Sulphur
Sater, sos Main.
A. e. Bouche, the Main street
grocer, has just added splendid re-
irigerator, in which he has always the
freshest country butter, eggs and
fresh Fleischman's yeast, which is
kept as cold as can be.
Williams & Co., Oldest Drug men OF
Dallas.
Williams g. Co., Cor Drugs, sos
Main.
Cigars, tobacco Of the best qualities
and low prices, at A. f. Bouche's.
Consult, as usual DR.. Wasserzug on
III sexual, nervous and chronic dis
eases. 734 Elm street, Dallas, Tex.
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,I'HE CITY.

Additional City News
City news to be found on End, 3rd
nd 5th pages.
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SERIOUSLY INCURRED.
The Scaffolding Around the
Water Tower Falls Nine
Men go With 1t.

The accident which occurred ycster.
day afternoon by the falling of the
scaffolding around the water tower on
on The corner of Main ard Howard
streets, was bad and yet not so
extensive in its damaging effects as
first reported. There were seven
rivct men and two carpenters at work
on the scaflold taking down the tower,
when, without moments warning
the scafloding aud men went crash
ing to the ground. Charles Pursell
and Henry McCutchcns were caught
in the timbcrs and were badly injur-
cd. Beth had their skulls fractured
which may prove Of such serious
nature as TO cause death. They were
unconscious for sometime, and have
not yet entirely recovered conscious
ncss. The other men were not hurt
but slightly. Pat Phelan, who has
the contract TO take the tower down
and remove it to Oak Cliff, at the re-
quest of the workmen. strengthened
the scaflolding alter it was first put up
as it was the general opinion that it
was entirely too weak; but it is evident
now that il was not sufficiently
strengthened. A such accidents are
unaccountable. Mr.. Phelan should
not be too seriously condemned until
there els AN Investigation, if death
should result from the accident.
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DFNf.ST. E. R r; AN9A baIiSias

ENTIST-Charles b. Lewis,
Postofiice Building, Elm street.
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sCIENTTFTC SCRAPS.

A French instrument for recording
the rolling of a vessel at SEQ was lately
tried on the voyage of a steamship
from Bordeaux to Brazil, and made {
tolerably accurate register of the mo-
ton.
A recent computation makes the We
locity of the solar system in space about
10, 900, 900 miles a year. BY a different
method, another computer had deter
mined the rate to be about SIS, 900,
900 miles a year.
To aid in an analysis of noise, Prof.
Crum Brown of the Royal Society OF
Edinburgh hopes to be able to make
a machine to give very lculimitations of
vocal sounds. He expects the appara'
tus to hiss with thousand man power.
A new asparagus, found in the
steppes of Akhal Texts, lately annexed
by Russia, Is said to have stalks nearly
as thick as q mans arm and growing to
o height of five or six feet. In flavor it
equals the best cultivated varieties.
Trichipa have been disco,c ed in a
human body which was being prepared
for anatomical demonstration at the uni
versity of Camerino. The man had lived
for many years in a neighboring COM
mune, and died without the presence of
trichine being suspected. Peculiar in
terest attaches to the case for the reason
that it is said to be the first case of
trichinosis ever observed in Italy.
1t is generally supposed that pneu-
monia is due to the accidental penetra-
lion of specific microbes into the system,
but the observations of Nj. Jaccoud, q
French student of the subject show that
the disease really results from the de-
velopment under favorable conditions
of microbic germs permanently present
in the system. A chief condition of
such development is a sudden chilli
which explains the frequent coincidence
of lung affections with abrupt changes If
temperature.
Mr.. W. A. Carter, in a recent lecture
on "Marine and Fresh Water Fishes"
said that fish have the power of influence
ing one another by sounds and action.
He had observed a shoal of carp follow
ing the lead of asingie one which ON
Quoted them to a quantity of food at a
considerable distance away. He had
also noticed that certain fresh water
fish, such as trout, were subservient to e.
ruler, which might be seen swimming at
the head of his tribe. The same was
the case with some marine
like the herring and bass.
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Justice In PersfG.

a traveller In Persia relates the fol-
lowing incident: was on a visit to a
judge when a man was brought in who
stoutly denied the offense with which he
was charged. The beglerbeg Gudge)
sent for Q whip. 81 vow I am innocent''
said the accused, al ha crossed his hands
over his breast, at then Same tine stretcE-
Ing forward one Of his fagers. The min
ionsO justice stood ready to strike at a
signal from the judge, who fixed his
eyes on the breast of the prisoner and
exclaimed: .tYou are guilty ~ "By thy
venerable head | vow I am not guilty.
aprotested the accused now raising TWO
fingers this process Vas continued until
he ut last stretched ont five fingers Of
each hand, when the beglerbeg re-
marked: Good Let him 60; he is in
nocent.n ] learned afterward that by
raising his finger the prisoner
meant the Judge to understand
that lie offered one tcman (about
ten shilIings) for bis releaso and had
been compelled to raise the amount by
successive bids to ten tomans (e5) IN or
der 10 satisfy the demapds Of Persian
justice. -Ar5anaut.
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4 Ten,perance Eenhnnt.

Mrs. Lathrop, the president of the
Temperance convention just held at
Port Huron is witty as wei, as wise.
1t happened that some speaker referred
to the circus which was in town, and
hoped that the white elephant as adver.
tised would not prove a greater attrac-
ton than the convention. .
Another speaker offset this by announ.
cling that the convention had greater
attractions than the circus, for. whereas
the circus had only one white clephan
the o invention had twenty.
This reference to the executive board
brought down the house, but Mrs. Lath-
rop was yet to hear from.
That lady advanced in a business like
manner to introduce Mrs. Hoffman of
Missouri who had just arrived and ap-
peared before the audience in travelling
attire.
liam sorry" said the President, "to
announce that, after all the circus ele-
pant has the nd Vantage of the conven
ton elephant, for that brought its trunk
with it, while our white elephant lost
hers on the railroad. -TDetroit Free
Press,
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Useful RElNQs.

To swceten bitter yeast thrust into it {
red-hot iron.
By dipping fish for an instant in boil
ing water, much of the difficulty in re-
moving the scales will be overcome.
A little linseed oil brushed over faded
green blinds will, if they are not too far
gone, make them look almost as good as
new.
Do-not use coal oil lamps in bedrooms
with wick turned down low. They
produce asthma, heart disease, throat
disease, etc.
Old flannel of all kinds should be kept
for scrubbing and cleaning paint. Next
to fl lnnel come coarse, soft linen, old
kitchen towels, crash, etc.
In cooking cabbage, put a small piece
of a red pepper into the pot. 1t will not
only improve the taste of the vegetable,
but prevents any harmful results in the
eating thereof.
A carpet can be mcnded by cutting q
piece like the carpet q little larger than
the mole. Put paste around the edge of
the patch, then slip it under the carpet
and rub it with a warm iron until dry.
If the figure is matched it makes a very
neat job as well as Il quick one.
To remove grease from cloth: Drop on
the spot some oil of tartar or salt of
NORWOOD which has been left in a
damp place till it turns into a fluid; then
Immediately wash the place with luke
warm water and then with cold water,
and the spot will disappear.
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The Islands of the Pacific,

In addition to the two large islands
recently discovered in the Pacific Ocean,
a third has just been discovered lying
less than 100 miles from the northern
coast of New Guinea. 1t has been named
Allison Island, is nearly three miles
long, rises from 100 #. to $50 IT. above
the sea, and has abundant timber.
Several stretches of fertile and inhabited
land, some of them much larger than AL
lison Island, have been found within a
few years at a distance of 200 or 800 miles
from the New Guinea coast, and milar
discoveries are made once in a while in
various parts of the Pacific. Although
the maps of the Pacific Ocean are studded
with islands which appear to be lying
close together, vessels may sail among
these islands for weeks together without
once coming in sight of land. So vast
Is the waste of waters, that not long ago
a crew which had been shipwrecked in
the great island region of the Pacif
rowed north forty days before they
reached Hawaii, the nearest land. M.
A. r. Wallace, who has travelled widely
IN the Pacific, has expressed the opinion
that there are still a good many islands
which have yet been seen by white
men. Now and then q Pacific trader
finds some new or little known island,
and opens trade with its Inhabitants.
When the Woodlark Islands were ex-
plorcd some time ago, it was found that
an Australian firm had carefully charted
the islands several years before. and had
been quietly trading there all unknown
to the other Pacific merchants. -Tscien :
tife American.
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ORIGIN of Hnig. Cloths.

Cilice, the modern French term for a
hair shirt, is derived from cilicium,
meaning hair cloths. This kind OF
cloth, which was black or dark brown.
is alluded to in the sixth chapter oil
Revelation and also in some other parts
of the scriptures. II clothe the heav-
ems with blackness and make sackcloch
their covering" 1t was worn to express
mourning and notification. In Jonah
We have a very remarkable case, for ON
this occasion blankets of goat's hair were
put on the bodies of both mon and
beasts, and n was worn even by the
king of Nineveh himself. $50 tho
people of Nincyeh believed God. and
proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth.
from the greatest of them even to the
least of them. The word cane. unto
the king of Nineveh, and he arose from
his throne and he laid his robe from
him, and covered him with sackcloth
and sat in ashes. Jonah. iii. 5. g.
New York Herald.
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Natural Metallic IRON.

On the North Saskatchewa river. in
the Northwest Territory of Clnada,
about 70 miles above the town of Ed
monitor, Alberta, there is an interesting
example Of naturally reduced iron.
Along the river bank a Ignite formation
crops out for several miles, overlaid by
clay shales aud soft, argillaceous sand
stones containing nodules of CLAY iron.
stone. These nodules are similar to
Others found in. Edmonton, and proved
by analysis to be ~carbonates Of iron,
containing 81. 9s per cent. of metallic
iron. The Saskatchewan seam of Ignite
has, at some time or other, been burned.
leaving a bed of ashes, cIinkers and
burned clay, in places 20 feet thick, and
now covered by a dense growth of grass
and underwood. From this mass of
burned clay pieces of metallic iron can
be picked out, weighing in some cases
Is or 90 pounds. They have evidently
been reduced from the nodules above
mentioned by the heat Of the burning
Ignite. Most of tho pieces of iron are
much rusted; but when scratched with
a file, they show a bright surface. The
observation is interesting, and to some
may help to explain how primitive man
originally discovered the reduction of
iron ore.
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ParneEL,s Opnto,,u

Ordinarily Mr.. ParnelI is Il cool and
Somewhat hating speaker; there is an
almost icy de%liberateless and sobriety
about his speech. When he gets angry
his words.come ever and more deliber-
ately and with a terrible emphasis.
There is a suggestion of kissing in the
manner in which he forces out his words
and his face is white with a passion that
is partly suppressed and partly allowed
its play. He is like a man struggling
with a meddlesone horse, letting the
animal to a certain extent rids away
with him, but all-tlle while holding d
firm seat and maintaining a mastery Of
the rein and determined that he il to
conquer in the end. Mr.. Parnoll neye
went 50 far as lc did on that occasion ID
the reputation Of tie Phoenix Park MUIR
ders and the conspiracy against Mr. Foa-
ter.-ILondon Lgtte..
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Ho,0 to be Happy.

Keep your temper.
Practice strict temperance.
Never be in an uniting hurry.
Persevcre against Encouragement.
Rise early and be an economist of time,
Never acquicsce in immoral or nernic,
ious opinions.
Maintain dignity without the appear.
ance Of pride.
Be guardcd.in discourse, attentive and
slow to speak.
Think nothing in conduct unimpor-
tant or Indifferent.
Manner is something with everybody.
and everything with some.
Preserve self-possession and do not
be talked out Of conviction.
Be punctual and methodical in bust
ness and never procrastinate.
Be not forward to assign reasons to
those who have no right to ask.
Outlines the blackness which we be-
lieve we see in others is only our W
shadow.
Live within your income be ever saw
ing; avoid a. much as possible either
borrowing or lending. Mail and Ex-
press.
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Bird Notes.

The blackbird has been found equally
destructive of the eggs of birds of other
species with that of the crow and spar
| row.
A swallow few against a Philadelphia
toys face, and drove his bill clean
Though Ii S cheek. The boy held the
bird fast by his teeth, and it now occu-
pies a cage as a pet.
A pair of swallows have built a nest
in one of the electric lights of Oshkosh,
Wis, and have Matched six young ones.
The nest is directly under the bowl
which is placed over the light, and but
a few inches from the light.
John Ellis of W~illiamsport, Penn,
has a very intelligent crow. Whenever
he sees the dog dining he sneaks up
behind and grabs his tail. The dog
wheels around, when the crow snatches
up the coveted food and is instantly out
of reach.
The catbird, just before dining upon
yQur ripe, nice cherries, perches himself
on an eminence in the neighborhood, and
then you are treated to a comic opera of
over half an hours length. His melody
at such times is very pleasing.
An owl swooped down from a tall tree
upon a catfd which James Wilkins of
Americas. Co.. had upon his hook while
fishing. The fight between the owl and
Wilkins was a desperate one, with the
final discontinue of the bird.
Three times a Sumter (Ga.) man broke
up the nest of a guinea hen that seemed
determined to sit. The last time SHE
deliberately walked to u we'll, flew up to
the curbing, and plunged head first into
the deep waters below. When got out
she was dead.
Something new in the bird line was
captured BY F. B. Phelps of Mulberry.
3. g. 1t has the head of the owl. with
tremendous black eyes. It's face looked
like q monkeys, with white cheeks, and
q black streak over each eye. The rest
Of TIC head inclined to gray, with black
dots neart the end of each feather. The
body WI covered with a beautiful
p.umage. Whenever be went near it it
would give . most unearthly yell that
frightened tie dogs. It whipped out
every dog on the place.
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Many names of towns in The West are
curious and sound strange to old country
ears. Here are a few: A B c, Axle,
Accident, Beef Hide, Big Big, Big
Fool. Braggadocio, Chicory, Coffee, Cow
Boy, Crab Tree, Dirt Town, Door Way,
Frozen Creek, Good Land, Good Night,
Good Luci Gun Powder, Hat On, Hat
OF, High Up, Hobbie, ~Inglenock, lingo,
Johnny Cake, Jump Off Joe, Macphelah,
Mad Indian, Mstrimony, Nine Times,
Number One, Obligation, Our Carter,
o., Pats Store, Patta Gumpus, Quiz
Quod, Rabbit Hush, Rat, U Bet (You
Bet)-
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A .Lfu9, Wnfch.

The attention of the passengers in Al
Texas smoking car was riveted o. a
strangely-acting negro. He rocked him.
SELF from side to side without ceasing.
Whats the matter with your asked
Andy Faulkner, who was in the car.
Does yer know Dan MeGaryg
s'0f course I do
We'll. sab, he sold me a SLIDER watch
for twenty dollars" continued the
negro, still swaying from side to side,
'sar q eff ! stop movin' dis heah way de
watch don't go no noah. Texas
siftings,
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put away some Of her day-dreams '

put away some OF ner day-oreams oVt
her homely tasks.
She had taken off her founces and hs
and put on a plain dress and large chez
apron before she began to work, and sh
was rather astonished as her kitche
duties progressed to find herself happie
than she had been since she returne'
home.
When John came to dinner he was as
tonished to find Aunt Mary 'quit
dressed up" as she b!ushingly said, il
a clean print dress and white apron, he
dear old face showing no sign of heat o
WEAKNESS, while Daisy, with added
bloom and bare white arms, was carry
ing in the dinner.
"The new girl, at your SERVICE" sh'
said saucily, as she pulled down he
sleeves. DINNER is ready, SIR"
But her lips quivered as he bent ovel
her and whispered, "God bless you, dear
Forgive me if I was too hasty this morn
ing"
John said but little as the day wore
on and still found Daisy at her post. II
was not in the nature of things for Aunt
Mary to sit with folded hands, but it be.
came Daisy's task to inauguratc daily
maps, to see that only the light work
came to the older hands, to make daily
work less. of o toll and more of a pleas
ure.
And the young girl herself was sur.
prised to find how much she enjoyed
the life hat had seemed to her o mere
drudgery.
Once more came a June day when
Daisy sat in the fields and John stood
leaning against the fence beside her.
-Four years of earnest, loving work
had left traces upon both young faces,
enuobling them, and yet leaving t. them
al the glad content that rewards we'll
doing.
Many hours of self-denial both had
met bravely, many d%eprivations both
had borne well. Daisy wore a black
dress and upon the hat in Johns hand
was a band of Grape, but through a sad
ness of their voices there yet rang a tone
of happiness.
''You love me, Daisy2" John said to
her.
"When have l not loved youa" she
answered.
And you will be my wife? Darling,
! have long loved you, but after Aunt
Mary was stricken down with paralysis
| would not ask you to take up new
duties. Now she needs you no longer,
and you shall leave the farm whenever
you WISH"
leave the farm2 Ga, John, must we
cave il? thought it was years now."
SO it is"
And you have made it so beautiful,
IS we'll as profitable! Oh, John, why
must we leave it?"
"Only because ! thought it was your
SIT would break my heart to 60 away.
love my home"
And John, taking the little figure in
0 a close embrace, wondered if any city
ould produce a sweeter, daintier little
ady than the one he held in his arms.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-20

Incited by the success of California, I
experimenting the supply of fruit to the
London market, South Australia ha:
been put upon its mettle. Some ex-
periments have recently been made in
forwarding fruit via San Francisco and
New York. A report made to the South
Australian Gardeners Society is, on the
face of it, not encouraging. A fruit
farmer reported that he sent a shipment
Of fruit to the Indian and Colonial exhi-
bition. There were 1877 cases in all, of
varied and specially selected fruits care
fully packed. A statement of account
has just been received, twelve months
after the goods were shipped. The fruit
realized e88 81. 81, which was well
enough. But against it were agency
charges and expenses amounting to e36
81. 3D., with freight and lighteragc e21
q. 3d.. leaving the modest sum of o
trife over $50 for the exporter. On an
other consignment Of fifty cases, sold for
ESQ, the sale expenses, irrespective of
freight were e33. It was agreed by the
South Australian gardeners that this
would not do. But they did not seem
snclined to accept the rebuff as final.
There was talk Of concerted action by
which fruit growers might send their
produce direct to London in quantities
that would make it worth the while of
agencies to undertake their disposal
upon more favorable terms.